Ried-Brig

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Ried-Brig

Total population

1,993

Elevation918 m

Land area47.6 km²

Coordinates46.32°, 8.02°

Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Ried-Brig is a municipality in the district of Brig in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

H

Henri Colpi

Swiss film director, screenwriter and film editor (1921-2006)

Kaspar Stockalper

Swiss merchant

Paul Schmidhalter

Swiss politician (1931-2005)

Ernest Guglielminetti

Swiss physician (1862-1943)

F

Franz Steiner

Swiss politician (1924-2010)

Peter Zurbriggen

Catholic archbishop and diplomat from Switzerland (1943–2022)

C

Charly In-Albon

Swiss footballer

L

Lilian Kummer

Swiss alpine skier

A

Adrian Loretan

Swiss theologian and author

Patrizia Kummer

Swiss snowboarder

J

Jeanine Cicognini

badminton player

Viktor Cathrein

Swiss writer (1845-1931)

Art Furrer

Swiss mountain guide

C

Carlo Imboden

Swiss business consultant and business manager

R

Rachel Harnisch

Swiss soprano opera singer

H

Hans Ulrich

Swiss economist (1919-1997)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valais

• Brig
  1.4 mi away · pop. 12,823
• Bitsch
  1.6 mi away · pop. 747
• Ebnet
  1.7 mi away
• Birgisch
  2.9 mi away · pop. 253
• Mörel
  3.1 mi away
• Bister
  4 mi away · pop. 31
• Belalp
  4.4 mi away
• Gspon
  8.3 mi away
• Sankt German
  9.3 mi away
• Bürchen
  9.9 mi away · pop. 767
• Gondo
  10.1 mi away
• Kalpetran
  11 mi away

Browse all places in Valais →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

European Field Cricket

Gryllus campestris

Seen 2026-10-14

Gentiana brachyphylla brachyphylla

Gentiana brachyphylla brachyphylla

Seen 2026-10-11

Red Deer

Cervus elaphus

Seen 2026-10-11

Mountain Houseleek

Sempervivum montanum

Seen 2026-10-10

Northern Chamois

Rupicapra rupicapra

Seen 2026-10-10

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers